Shim.



J. E. MERWIN.

SHIM.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I5, 19!].

1,296.41& Patented Mar. 4,1919.

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JMEES E. MEBQWHQ, GE POETLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNDR IQ A, E. PERRY, 01E PQRTEEMEJ,

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Baum-(many T9 allwkom it may cor-meme Be it lmcwn. that l, JAMES E. lllnnwin, a citizen of the United residing at Pontland county of hiultnomah, State of Oregon, have invented certain new and use-- ful Improvements in one, of which the following is a on My invention mates to shims in general and particu to shims adapted for use in tightenin er ch rims of vehicle wheels as are held in so upon the :Eelly by means of bolted logs,

The object of my invention is to provide convenient, cheapand secure means oi'shim- Ining' up such wheel rims and making them tight upon the wheel.

My invention applies especially to automobile wheels of the removable rim type, and is so illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this application for Letters Patent, like characters of reference indicating like parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a sectional view of a wheel rim and folly showing my device in use as a single shim.

Fig. 2 is e sectional view of a rim and felly showing my device in use as a double shim.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a rim and folly showing my device in use as a triple shim;

Fig. i is a perspective View of my device detached, as a single shim, and showing in dotted lines the fonn of the double shim.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of my device detached, and shown a triple shim.

in general my device is designed to be placed between the clip 10 and the felly 11, as shown in l, or between the clip and both the folly and therim 12 as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

It is formed of a thin sheet of metal, or other suitable material, having an apron 6 bent substantially normal to the body portion 7, said apron having an orifice 8 therein to receive the clip bolt '9.

By suitably slotting the body portion 7 a tongue 18 is formed therein,

A single thickness of material may be insorted as a shim by allowing the bodypor- 'tion 7 to extend across the folly shown in Fig. l.

A double thickness of material may he infis'pccification oi Ectters EPatent.

Patented Main 4, 1

application also. Butcher 15, 191?. lierial Ho. 186,789.

trodooed as a shim by bending the bod portion 7 back over the clip 10, as shown in Fig. 2.

A'triple thiclmess of material may be introduced as a shim by further bending the tongue 18 over upon body portion 7 after the latter has been bent back over the clip 10, as shown in Fig. 3.

ThusI are enabled to provide a one piece adjustable shim, several thicknesses of which may be used as necessitated by circum* stances.

My invention may be made of any size, and constructed of any material deemed convenient and suitable for a device of this character, and while i have illustrated and described a form of construction found (le sirable in materializing my invention, 1 wish to include in this application for Letters Patent all mechanical equivalents and sub stitutes that may fairly be considered to come within the scope and purview of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

' Having disclosed my invention so that others skilled in the art may be enabled to construct and to use the same, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patout is 1. In a one piece shim, a body portion; an apron substantially normal to said body portion; and a tongue in said. body portion, adaptedto be bent back thereupon.

2. in a one piece wheel shim, a body portion adapted to lie upon the folly of said wheel; an apron substantially normal to said body portion and adapted to receive a bolt through said folly; and a tongue in said body portion, adapted to be bent back thereupon.

3. In an automobile wheel, a folly, a rim, and a plurality of clips; in combination. with a plurality of one piece shims embodying means whereby one, two or three thicknesses of said shim may be inserted between said rim and said folly.

4. In an automobile wheel, a rim, a folly, a plurality of one piece clips, and clip bolts; in combination with a plurality, of shims each having a body portion adapted to be inserted between said clip and said felly; a perforated apron substantially normal to said body portion and adapted to receive ilil said bolt; an extension upon said body portion adapted to be bent over upon said clip the presence of two subscribing Witnesses, between the latter an& said rim; and a memat Portland, county of Multnomah, State of her integral with said shim adapted to be Oregon, this 1st day of October, 1917. bent over upon safl extension between the JS E. MERWIN. 5 latter and said rm W itnwes' In witness whereof-I claim the foregoing O. F. B :2. as my own I hereunte afix my signature in L. J. BENSON.

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